Design e²

I'm currently watching this series and it is very informational. It's nice how it reminds me about how much I wanted to become an avid supporter of environmental design. It is possible to make changes, anything is possible. For the last couple of weeks I have been questioning the benefits or the outcomes of being architect, if there were any at all. From what I've gathered, good architects = better living conditions and better living conditions means good wellbeing, first physically and followed by emotional wellbeing too. If we are all emotionally stable, by that I mean, if we all have the want to make the world better and throw away our wants for unnecessary things, a sustainable world will surely occur one day.

Clever, innovational designs are needed to achieve this goal. At the same time, the support for these designs have to be realised, have to be pushed through to its final results. The help from 'higher powered' individuals or organisations are vital for the ideas to come to life. I feel that the world is still adamant to change in such ways and it is so upsetting to see that these 'bad' people can still sit and watch the future of their children and other people's children just crumble and reduced to something that world has never even experienced before. It will be a calamity.

I think every architecture student should take the time to watch this documentary not just for the fact that Brad Pitt is the narrator but rather, because it is very informational and beneficial for reminding ourselves of what is important after all. Not just about how magnificent the way that marble wall looks in the sun or whatever. We have to change, we must make changes in these days and times. I don't mind to be ridiculed or rejected like some of the people in this documentary. From this point on, I'll try as much as I can to have the full confidence on my ideas and take in any sound criticisms. Of course, criticisms can be harsh and unsavoury but if there is a will, there is always a way. This is the only way to achieve something greater than myself.